Technical Escalations Engineer 2 (Database Monitoring) - EMEAActive$46K–$183K

The opportunity

As Datadog’s in-house product experts, the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team plays a critical role in driving our global success. We enable our customers, from the world’s most innovative startups to the largest enterprises.

What you'll do

  • Develop deep technical expertise and continuously learn as the product evolves.

  • Investigate complex escalations, lead high-stakes technical calls, and drive: solutions for our most critical customer challenges with urgency and precision.

  • Run engaging office hours, deliver impactful learning sessions, and mentor: the Global Support Engineering team (GSE), ensuring they’re equipped to handle any challenge.

  • Partner with Engineering and Product to proactively identify gaps, drive: improvements, and advocate for customers in shaping the evolution of our platform.

  • Become the go-to expert on Database Monitoring at Datadog, mastering both the: technical landscape and the customer experience.

  • Act as a technical stakeholder for our database Agent integrations (Postgres,: MySQL, SQL Server), advocating for customer needs with Product and Engineering and proposing changes to code, telemetry, and docs.

What they're looking for

  • Develop robust internal runbooks, public-facing solutions, and reusable: debugging frameworks to scale knowledge and increase Technical Support Engineering autonomy.
  • Shape readiness plans for upcoming DBM product releases, ensuring Solutions: teams worldwide are confident and technically prepared.
  • A self-driven problem solver with an obsession for excellence and continuous: learning. You thrive in ambiguity, take initiative, and push beyond expectations.
  • A strategic thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach, proactively: identifying opportunities to enhance customer experience while balancing technical feasibility.